Bernard Meyerson, chief innovation officer of IBM and chair of the World Economic Forum's Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, today published the Meta-Council's list of the Top 10 Emerging Technologies of 2015.

Above: In November 2014, the 3D printer aboard the International Space Station became operational, marking the orbital outpost's first foray into additive manufacturing.

To compile this list, the World Economic Forum's Meta-Council on Emerging Technologies, a panel of 18 experts, draws on the collective expertise of the Forum's communities to identify the most important recent technological trends. By doing so, the Meta-Council aims to raise awareness of their potential and contribute to closing the gaps in investment, regulation and public understanding that so often thwart progress.